Pavlov and Green to host Sebewaing town hall on protecting Lake Huron from nuclear waste

LANSING—State Sens. Phil Pavlov, R-St. Clair Township, and Mike Green, R-Mayville, are inviting Bay and Thumb area residents in the 25th and 31st Senate districts to a public town hall on Monday, Sept. 22 in Sebewaing to discuss legislative and other efforts to protect Lake Huron from a proposed Canadian nuclear waste dump.

What: A public town hall meeting to inform residents about a Canadian nuclear waste dump proposal and plans by Michigan lawmakers to stop it.

Canadian officials propose to bury 7 million cubic feet of radioactive waste less than a mile from the shore of Lake Huron, directly across the lake from residents of the Bay and Thumb regions.

Green and Pavlov are leading an effort in Lansing to halt construction of the dump. Their legislation has passed the Michigan Senate unanimously and awaits action in the House of Representatives. More than 60 communities throughout the region have recently passed resolutions in support of the measures.